Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pōlaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bale- (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Lithuanian bala (“bog; marsh; swamp; pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddy, treeless depression”), Russian болото (boloto, “swamp; bog; marsh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔː.lɑz/

Noun

*pōlaz m

pool

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *pōlaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pōlaz	pōlōz, pōlōs
vocative	*pōl	pōlōz, pōlōs
accusative	*pōlą	*pōlanz
genitive	pōlas, pōlis	*pōlǫ̂
dative	*pōlai	*pōlamaz
instrumental	*pōlō	*pōlamiz

Derived terms

*pōlijǭ

Related terms

*paliz
*pullaz

Descendants

Old English: pōl
- Middle English: pol, pole, pool
  - English: pool
  - Scots: pule, puil, peel
Old Frisian: pōl
- Saterland Frisian: Pol
- West Frisian: poel
Old Saxon: *pōl
- Middle Low German: pôl, pûl
  - Low German: pōl, Pohl, Pul
  - → Norwegian: pøl
  - → Swedish: pöl
  - → Danish: pøl
Old Dutch: puol
- Middle Dutch: pōl, pūl
  - Dutch: poel
    - Afrikaans: poel
Old High German: pfuol, phuol
- Middle High German: phuol
  - German: Pfuhl
  - Luxembourgish: Pull
⇒ Old Norse: *pœla (< *pōlijǭ)
- Norwegian: pøla (dialectal)

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